Raven v. Seattle Electric Co.

Citations

• 47 Wash. 637
• 92 P. 451
• 1907 Wash. LEXIS 826

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant—Injuries—Assumption of Risk—Dangers —Method of Work. A servant assumes the risk of injury from an appliance whereby heavy electric motors were lifted and suddenly lowered by releasing a crank, causing the crank to revolve rapidly while still held by the employee, where it appears that he had worked with the appliance every day for two months, and knew of the danger and that a man had recently been injured by the rapid revolutions of the crank, there being nothing obscure or complicated about it (Dunbar, J., dissents).</p>